[PATCH v2] lib/bootconfig: fix undefined behavior involving NULL pointer arithmetic

When xbc_snprint_cmdline() is called during the size-probing phase
(with buf = NULL and size = 0), the function computes the end pointer
as 'buf + size' (NULL + 0) and repeatedly advances 'buf' via 'buf += ret'.

Under the C standard, performing pointer arithmetic on a NULL pointer is
undefined behavior. While harmless inside the kernel, this code is also
compiled into the userspace host tool 'tools/bootconfig', where host
compilers with UBSan or FORTIFY_SOURCE enabled abort the build when they
detect NULL pointer arithmetic.

Fix this by guarding the pointer arithmetic so 'buf' is only advanced when
non-NULL, and track the running written length in a separate 'len' counter
for the return value (which cannot be recovered from pointer math when
'buf' is NULL). The rest() helper and snprintf call sites are unchanged.

Fixes: 51887d03aca1 ("bootconfig: init: Allow admin to use bootconfig for kernel command line")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: GLM:glm-5.2
Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <redacted>
---
 lib/bootconfig.c | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Changes since v1:
- Got the big guns out! :) (see Assisted-by).
- Addressed review from Masami Hiramatsu and Breno Leitao.

diff --git a/lib/bootconfig.c b/lib/bootconfig.c
index f445b7703fdd..c913259c80ce 100644
--- a/lib/bootconfig.c
+++ b/lib/bootconfig.c

@@ -427,8 +427,9 @@ static char xbc_namebuf[XBC_KEYLEN_MAX] __initdata;
 int __init xbc_snprint_cmdline(char *buf, size_t size, struct xbc_node *root)
 {
 	struct xbc_node *knode, *vnode;
-	char *end = buf + size;
+	char *end = buf ? buf + size : NULL;
 	const char *val, *q;
+	size_t len = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	xbc_node_for_each_key_value(root, knode, val) {

@@ -442,7 +443,9 @@ int __init xbc_snprint_cmdline(char *buf, size_t size, struct xbc_node *root)
 			ret = snprintf(buf, rest(buf, end), "%s ", xbc_namebuf);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
-			buf += ret;
+			len += ret;
+			if (buf)
+				buf += ret;
 			continue;
 		}
 		xbc_array_for_each_value(vnode, val) {

@@ -456,11 +459,13 @@ int __init xbc_snprint_cmdline(char *buf, size_t size, struct xbc_node *root)
 				       xbc_namebuf, q, val, q);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
-			buf += ret;
+			len += ret;
+			if (buf)
+				buf += ret;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return buf - (end - size);
+	return len;
 }
 #undef rest
 

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